While there’s not an official dress code at The National Sports Collectors Conference (because, c’mon…how could you realistically enforce it?), many of the attendees of the annual memorabilia supershow share the same eye for fashion. You know the look…baggy cargo shorts coupled with a mis-matched ballcap/jersey (or shersey) combo and, for some forward thinkers, a backpack to … [Read more...]
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Ongoing Photo Gallery: 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention
Here's a photo gallery from the 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention. We'll update as the week goes on. See our 2017 NSCC video here. Check out our special NSCC section here. If there's something you think we need to see at the show, let us know. We'd love to see your pictures, too. Leave them in the comments section of our Facebook page once we post the … [Read more...]
Strange Finds at The National: Baseball Edition
For generations, fathers have shared their love of baseball with their kids. In my house, it’s the same…but with a twist. You see, every other year, The National Sports Collectors Convention hits Rosemont, IL, and, again, my 13-year-old son (who is NOT a sports fan) will be in tow. “It’s like Comic-Con for sports nerds,” I tell him every year, “but this year…Jose Canseco … [Read more...]
FLASHBACK: Strangest Finds of the 2015 National
If you can navigate your way through autograph seekers, vintage card enthusiasts and the dozens (it feels like dozens) of companies doing live case breaks, you never know what you might find at the annual National Sports Collectors Convention. And while that’s not the most flattering lede ever…I love The National. Really…I do. It’s pretty fantastic and two years ago, I took … [Read more...]
1961-62 Fleer Pack with Wilt to be Opened at NSCC
They’ve been sealed away for over 55 years but on Friday at 10 AM, cards from a 1961-62 Fleer basketball pack will emerge as part of a PSA promotion. The pack, which has a Wilt Chamberlain rookie card showing through the back of the wrapper, will be opened on the Mike Berkus Main Stage at the National Sports Collectors Convention. The owner will open the pack onstage and … [Read more...]
Collect Auctions Opens Bidding in Summer Catalog
An array of vintage unopened boxes, game-worn jerseys, autographs, lots, singles and complete sets of cards greeted visitors to Collect Auctions’ website Monday as the company’s latest auction went live. There are are 630 lots in the catalog with bidding set to run through Thursday, August 3 9:00 p.m. CST (10:00 EST). The lineup includes a 1973 Topps … [Read more...]
Review: Legendary Lumber Book Will Take You Deep
The fourth volume in a set of award-winning books on sports collecting is now on the market. Legendary Lumber: The Top 100 Player Bats in Baseball History is authored by PSA President Joe Orlando with usual collaborators Tom and Ellen Zappala. It joins previous releases The 100 Greatest Baseball Autographs, The Cracker Jack Collection: Baseball’s Prized … [Read more...]
COTW: Aaron Judge Mother’s Day Jersey Could Fetch Big $
After a half-season that had baseball buzzing, it would have been no big deal if Aaron Judge had flamed out in the Home Run Derby Monday night. Instead, the Yankee rookie went out and won it on a night when the spotlight was bright and more people were watching than at any time since 2009. Prices for Judge's cards and memorabilia have been astounding. Last … [Read more...]
Judge Home Run Derby Cards Crash Topps’ Website
Aaron Judge's autograph--and his socks--helped bring down Topps' website for a brief period of time on Tuesday. The Topps NOW program offered a variety of different cards commemorating Judge's mammoth blasts and eventual easy victory in the 2017 Home Run Derby Monday night. Media attention Tuesday morning apparently helped push so many people to the company's website that … [Read more...]
Sole Survivor? Babe Ruth “Home Run Grip” Conlon Photo at Auction
One of Charles Conlon’s most unique images of Babe Ruth, one from the famous baseball photographer’s own archive and perhaps the only copy known to exist, is expected to fetch a big price this month. RMY Auctions is offering an early 1920s shot of Ruth showing Conlon how he grips the bat. On the back of the 6 ½” x 8 ½” silver gelatin image Conlon wrote in pencil “Babe … [Read more...]
